Paradigm change in aggression research: The time has come to retire the General Aggression Model

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 220-228

  Ferguson, Christopher J ^a   Dyck, Dominic ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Development; Social cognition; Social learning; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; GENERAL AGGRESSION MODEL; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL LEARNING; THEORY;

EID: 84859265981     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: 18736335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2012.02.007     Document Type: Review

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